Recovered the bodies of six hostages In Gaza over the weekend. Whilst we have the first poll numbers following the Democratic National Convention what they say and where the candidates will be in the days ahead. And Pope Francis is getting ready to leave for asia. Details of his itinerary during the longest trip with his pants live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with Rosemarie Church thanks for joining. Us. A nationwide strike is now underway in israel as pressure mounts on the government to secure a Ceasefire And Hostage deal, Air Travelers were among the first to feel the impact as Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv halted departures and arrivals of flights two hours ago the strike comes as Anger And Anguish build over the deaths of six hostages In Gaza. On sunday, this was the message from israels largest Labor Union i call on the people of israel to take to The Streets this evening tomorrow, leave the workplaces. I call on all economic organizations in the state of israel, everyo
we didn t to it by taking the easy way. right now on early start, can the senate now fast track the debt limit bill just days before the default deadline. plus the former president on tape talking about a document he kept. and the republican race for president heating up with mike pence and chris christie about to jump in. who is next. welcome to our viewers in the united states and arntround the. i m christine romans pl the bill is in the hands of the senate. yeas are 314, nays are 117. the bill is passed. last night the house overwhelming passed a bipartisan agreement cutting spending and suspending the debt ceiling through next year. speaker kevin mccarthy took a victory lap after the house passed the deal. i wanted to do something no other congress has done. that we would literally turn the ship. for the first time in quite some time, we d spend less than we spent the year before. tonight we all made history. because this is the biggest cut and savings this
recommend the pfizer or moderna covid-19 vaccines for kids between 6 months and 5 years old. a decision expected in just about an hour. if approved, the white house says vaccinations could begin for young children as early as next week. and many states are already preordering doses. cnn miguel marquez is following the developments so miguel, what is happening right now? well, they are meeting. they re about half way through today s presentation. they ve been going through trying to figure out and discussing how this would actually happen, what providers would be putting these shots into arms, how they deal with the ten-dose vile and how they ll actually roll out these vaccinations also going through all the data with the two vaccines in question here. this is a population of about 20 million americans, the youngest most vulnerable americans, the latest and biggest last traunch o trunch of americans to be eligible. two vaccines looking at moderna and pfizer, slightly diffe
we have a child on the line. he is in a room full of victims at this moment. cnn has not been able to independently confirm that video, but source of this video sun clear, and it s also not clear at what point in the incident that audio is heard. cnn has reached out to authorities. but we do know that texas authorities, what they said on friday that there were at least eight 911 calls that day from at least two separate callers inside the school over a span of 50 minutes. this all comes as the justice department announces it will investigate the police response to the shooting. and meantime the community will hold its first services for two victims of the tragedy later today. we ll have more on that in a moment but first let s get straight to cnn s paula reed live for more on this investigation and the new doj s role. what do you know with the doj s involvement? that s exactly the kind of evidence that the doj will want to examine as it conducts its review. this is not
joe biden calls for two state as the call for a cease-fire. we will look at his op-ed in the washington post. and the most powerful rocket ever built explodes minutes after blasting off. some are calling the test flights success. queerphobia reports of a large explosion at a.u. and run school in gaza and used as a shelter. one called the courage or spying. the video is graphic. the source of the blast has not been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli aware of the explosion but have no further comments. we will have more on this in just a moment. meanwhile, the world health organization sends a team to gaza s largest hospital on saturday. he described it as a death zone. filled with terrifying people. they said a mass grave with anybody s was right outside the entrance. inside, the choking dust and smoke, the team counted 291 patients including 32 infants, extremely critical condition. officials say patients and staff have been orde